By Colin Ellison
Being a teenager can be a stressful time in life. There’s the pressure of fitting in,preparing to get into college,going to prom,learning to drive. Now imagine if you also had to tell someone of the opposite sex that you have to wear diapers and plastic pants because you still wet the bed?
Teenagers can be very cruel when it comes to people being different. I think it’s important for teenagers to be able to talk to other people with similar problems. There are many online support groups for various health problems and teenagers suffering from bed-wetting should take advantage of the many online health resources.
You can also start an online support group if you want. Many older children,adolescents,teenagers,and adults deal with bed-wetting every night so there are a lot of people who would be interested if you do decide to start a bed-wetting support group.
I think it would help if teenage celebrities(as well as adult celebrities) started talking about subjects such as bed-wetting-it would make it less taboo.
I also think it’s important to be able to confide in people about this problem-whether a family member or relative,a teacher,or friend. Sometimes talking to people helps a great deal.. It’s important to be able to gauge the depth and quality of a person’s friendship. There are some people who are real compassionate and understanding. These people are very accepting of other people’s problems and they’re easy to confide in. If you feel you have friends of this nature and if you’re having difficulty coming to terms with wearing diapers to bed then you might want to consider discussing this with them. It’s important to remember one thing-there are plenty of people of all ages who wet the bed so the next time you’re getting ready for bed and putting on your diapers and plastic pants keep this in mind!
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my 16 year old daughter has been in cloth diapers and rubber pants for over a year now for her bedwetting.she has accepted them and they are no big deal to her.she has friends that sleep over and they also wear a diaper and rubber pants to help her out.
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Our daughter is 14 and about 3/4s the way thru puberty.She has been bedwetting ever since she started puberty.We also use cloth pin on diapers and rubberpants on her at night and they do work. She is fine with the cloth diapers and rubberpants and understands that they are for keeping her bed dry and less costly that disposables.I have read articles and talked to other moms with bedwetting teen daughters and have found that the general consensus is that the cloth diapers and rubberpants are more commonly used on the bedwetting teen girls more than are disposables and goodnites.The main reason i have found is that cloth diapers are more absorbant and softer on the girls skin and cause less rashes.Some moms i have talked to use the diaper pins for the cloth diapers,while others use velcro to fasten the diapers on their daughters.The majority of moms i have conversed with said their daughters wear pastel colored rubberpants as well as plain white ones and some even said their daughters have rubberpants with nurseryprints on them.